Is a 3.19 GPA in college bad?

I just finished my first trimester of college (meaning I have 3.5 years to go), and my first term GPA is a 3.19. is this good or bad? obviously I plan to improve this, but is it a bad starting point? (my overall high school GPA was a 4.44 so I have absolutely no basis for comparison as colleges obviously don't... show more I just finished my first trimester of college (meaning I have 3.5 years to go), and my first term GPA is a 3.19. is this good or bad? obviously I plan to improve this, but is it a bad starting point? (my overall high school GPA was a 4.44 so I have absolutely no basis for comparison as colleges obviously don't weight their GPAs)

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Best Answer: For a first semester, I would say its not bad. Many first year freshmen are not able to make the adjustment to college work (either because of undisciplined academic habits or excessive partying), and wind up on academic probation. You clearly did much better than that.

Irrelevant what you got in college but you also have an unweighted high school GPA if you want to compare. Whether 3.19 is good or bad depends if you want to go to grad school (bad) and if your first employer cares (any employers after that are concerned with what you actually did with your education in the real world, in other words what you did at that first job, not your college grades).

So what was your unweighted cumulative gpa in HS? You should know that. You know the college has a 4.0scale. You are a high B average,
For graduate schools you will need at least a 3.0. Depending on what you are studying your GPA will need to be higher.

i'd say a little above average. there's room for improvement. if you have a field of study picked, make sure you get internships within that field while in college. grades are important for graduation, but experience is just as important for getting a job.

talk with your counselor, or a professor in that field of study, and ask about any relevant work internships you can do while in college. some colleges will use internships as college credit towards your degree, again, ask a counselor if such a program exists.

even if a internship job isn't a paying job, it'll help in the long run when you apply for a paying job, that you have the edge in terms of relevant work experience and education.

start asking around now to teachers in your field or a counselor. companies have different restrictions on who can apply and when for internships.